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Collectibles and Curiosities For Sale
Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Period: 1910s
A Pair of Burmese Rock Crystal Reliquaries
Located in Point Richmond, CA
A Pair of Burmese Rock Crystal Reliquaries. Two Buddhist stupa shaped containers, one with a bulbous beggar’s bowl shaped body and the other with flanged cylinder form body. Each rel...
Category
18th Century Burmese Other Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rock Crystal
Antique Royal Doulton Golf Jug
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Royal Doulton Series Ware Golf jug.
Royal Doulton jug with polychrome golf scene and the proverb, "Give Losers Leave To Speak And Winners To Laugh", designed by Charles Crombie...
Category
1910s British Sporting Art Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Devotional plaque, Adoration of the Magi. Bronze. Spanish school, 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional plaque, Adoration of the Three Wise Men. Bronze. Spanish school, 17th century.
Rectangular devotional plaque made of bronze, which presents the scene of the Birth of Jesu...
Category
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Italian 18th Century Hand Carved And Silvered Wooden Baroque Reliquary
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful and detailed reliquary holder with its beautiful weathered original silver,
Italy, circa 1750. Weathered and small losses and old repairs.
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
18th Century French Oil on Canvas Painting "First Station of the Cross"
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall with this colorful religious antique painting. Created in France, circa 1780, the artwork is set in the original frame and depicts the first station of the cross " Je...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
13th Century Period Wood Carved Polychrome Sculpture of Corpus Christi
Located in Vero Beach, FL
13th Century Period Wood Carved Polychrome Sculpture of Corpus Christi
Rare and beautiful sculpture of Corpus Christi. The artwork, probably German, is carved from hardwood. This f...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Unknown Medieval Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
Large Silver “Jambiya” or Curved Dagger With Its Sheath
Located in Middleburg, VA
Large Silver “Jambiya” or Curved Dagger With Its Sheath. These are often Extremely well Crafted with Extraordinary inlaid Silver Designs accentuated with “Neillo”. This Inlaid Handl...
Category
16th Century Turkish Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
Pyrite with rock crystal on metal base
Located in BAARN, UT
Pyrite (FeS2, iron (II) disulfide) is the most abundant sulfide mineral in the world. It is found literally everywhere, in igneous rocks, metamorphic rocks and in sedimentary rocks.
It usually forms cubic crystals, with each crystal having six planes and razor-sharp corners and has a somewhat pale, coppery-yellow metallic luster.
The ancient Greeks used pyrite to make fire. If you hit a piece of pyrite with a hard object, sparks will fly. Hence the name, πυρίτης (pyritēs) which means "for fire".
For this reason the mineral was also popular for a while in the 16th and 17th centuries. Placing a piece of pyrite against a round file gave you just enough spark to fire a pistol of that era.
Although pyrite is still primarily mined to make sulfuric acid, there have been more applications lately. For example, pyrite is found in Lithium batteries and the mineral is also increasingly used in solar panels.
In the 1840'smMany of the inexperienced fortune hunters...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rock Crystal, Pyrite
Early 19th Century Giltwood and Gesso Large Italian Religious Cross
Located in Hastings, GB
This heavy, hand carved wooden cross, with applied gesso and gilding is stunning, Italian and dating to the turn of the 18th/19th centuries.
163cm...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Rococo Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gesso, Wood
Chinese Carved White Jade Silver Earrings
Located in New York, NY
Chinese pair of earrings with carved round jade hoops suspended by two articulated pierced white jade drop pendants and silver post backs, the jade carvings likely Qing Dynasty (1636...
Category
Late 17th Century Chinese Export Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Jade
18th Century Italian Carved Giltwood Polychrome Baby Jesus with Glass Eyes
Located in Dallas, TX
This antique baby Jesus figure was crafted in Italy, circa 1780. The hand-painted putti carving feature its original polychrome finish for a luxurio...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Devotional plaque, Ecce Homo. Bronze. Spanish school, 17th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
Devotional plaque, Ecce Homo. Bronze. Spanish school, 17th century.
Bronze devotional plate with an oval shape and a washer at the top that presents a relief within a frame of smoot...
Category
17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
18th Century French Oil on Canvas Painting "Seventh Station of the Cross"
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall with this colorful religious antique painting. Created in France, circa 1780, the artwork is set in the original frame and depicts the "seventh station of the cross "...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
Pigskin Fly Fishing Wallet for Flies and Cast.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Leather Fly Wallet.
A good pigskin leather fishing fly and cast wallet with embossed tram line decoration. The brown leather is in good original condition. The wallet has two inside ...
Category
1910s British Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Silver “Jambiya” or Curved Dagger With Its Sheath
Located in Middleburg, VA
Silver “Jambiya” or Curved Dagger With Its Sheath. These are often Extremely well Crafted with Extraordinary inlaid Silver Designs accentuated with “Neillo”. They Often have Ivory Ha...
Category
Mid-17th Century Turkish Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
VARENNES. Les Hommes. 1712 - 1st ED - WITH THE GILT ARMS OF LOUIS XIV's DAUGHTER
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: VARENNES, Jacques.
TITLE: Les Hommes.
PUBLISHER: Paris: Chez Jacques Collombat, 1712.
DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION WITH THE GILT ARMS OF LOUIS XIV's DAUGHTER. 1 vol., 6-5/8...
Category
1710s French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Ammonite pair on metal base
Located in BAARN, UT
110 million years old.
Cut into two pieces and placed on a custom made metal base.
Category
15th Century and Earlier Malagasy Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
17th CENTURY LEATHER CANDLE CASE
Located in Firenze, FI
Particular little wooden candle holder case covered in fire-branded leather, with bronze hinges. The cassina features floral and gemometric decorations that create boxes within which...
Category
Late 17th Century Italian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Wood
French 18th Century Small Marble Head Of A Madonna
Located in Buisson, FR
Beautiful hand carved marble head of a Madonna.
Unique period piece with a beautiful weathered patina.
France, circa 1750.
Weathered
Measurements include the wooden base.
Category
18th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Marble
18th Century French Oil on Canvas Painting "Third Station of the Cross"
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall with this colorful religious antique painting. Created in France, circa 1780, the artwork is set in the original frame and depicts the 3th station of the cross " Jesu...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
Vintage Stevengraph of a Bull Fight
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Antique Stevengraph, Spanish Bull Fight.
A rare late 19th century woven silk Stevengraph of a Bull Fight entitled "Spanish Bull Fight". This example form...
Category
1910s English Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
GOULD, William - An Account of English Ants - 1747 - FIRST EDITION
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: GOULD, William.
TITLE: An Account of English Ants; Which Contains I. Their different Species and Mechanism. II. Their manner of Government,... III. The Production of their ...
Category
1740s British Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique Map of the World by Stoopendaal, c.1714
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique world map titled 'Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita'. Decorative double hemisphere world map. Illustrated with numerous exotic animals and four female a...
Category
18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Italian Map of Viaggio da Roma a Napoli 1775
Located in Roma, IT
An original print from 1775 showing an early route map of the journey from Rome to Naples. This route map was part of a collection of travellers routes published in a book translated...
Category
1770s Italian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Parchment Paper
Complete bible bound in green leather morocco with silver clasps, 18th century
Located in DEVENTER, NL
La Sainte Bible qui contient le Vieux et le Nouveau Testament edited by: Z.CHatelain & Fils, Arkstee & Merkus, Marc Michel Rey. A.D. 1770.
Subtitle: 'Le nouveau Testament, cést à di...
Category
18th Century European Rococo Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver
18th Century French Oil on Canvas Painting " The Second Station of the Cross"
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall with this colorful religious antique painting. Created in France, circa 1780, the artwork is set in the original frame and depicts the "Second station of the cross", ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
Gilt bronze pax board, Pietà. 16th-17th centuries, after Michelangelo Buonarroti
Located in Madrid, ES
Peacekeeper, Mercy. Golden bronze. Possibly Rome, last third of the 16th century-first quarter of the 17th century, following the model of Michelangelo Buonarroti.
Gilded bronze pla...
Category
Early 17th Century European Renaissance Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other, Bronze
Stunning owl tobacco box, ceramic marked, 1910 Art Nouveau most possibly Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Gorgeous, very rare tobacco tin in the shape of an owl, made around 1910, most probably in Austria or Bohemia.
The tobacco tin is made of ceramic, in the shape of an owl - the top l...
Category
1910s Austrian Art Nouveau Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Italian “Parnaso Italiano” Literary Collection
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This late 18th century collection of 55 books, bound in animal hide and vellum, is pleasing to both the eye and the mind. From Dante's divine poetry to Petrarch's sonnets of love, an...
Category
18th Century Italian Neoclassical Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Animal Skin, Paper
Pair of Pellegrini Winter Sport Prints, Tobogganing and Skiing.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A pair of framed coloured lithographs after Carlo Pellegrini of two ladies, one pulling a sledge the other on a pair of skis. The original wooden frames with carved rope edge design....
Category
1910s Italian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Statuette of the Virgin, South German circa 1600
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Statuette of the Virgin
South-German, circa 1600
sculpted wood
circa 1600
(right arm restored)
52 cm
Category
17th Century German Renaissance Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
Category
17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Spruce
18th Century French Oil on Canvas Painting " The Fifth Station of the Cross"
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall with this colorful religious antique painting. Created in France, circa 1780, the artwork is set in the original frame and depicts the "Fifth station of the cross", "...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
Edwardian Sterling Silver-Mounted Crystal Match Striker on Sterling Silver Base
Located in New York, NY
Edwardian Period, sterling silver-mounted crystal match striker, Birmingha,. England, year-hallmarked for 1911, Mappin and Webb - makers. Measures 4 1/2 inches high x 3 3/4 inches di...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Crystal, Sterling Silver
Charles i Authentic Antique Strand of Beard Hair from His Execution in 1649
Located in Jersey, GB
King Charles I (1600-1649) took to the English throne in 1625. An unpopular monarch with a tyrannical bent, he soon turned the powerful institutions of government against himself. His marriage to a Roman Catholic (Henrietta Maria...
Category
17th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Other
Chinese Export Blue & White Tea Bowl and Saucer, Neptune, the God of Sea
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain European-subject Blue & White Tea Bowl and Saucer,
Neptune, The God of The Sea,
Dutch market,
Yongzheng Period,
Circa 1730-35
The Chinese Export porcelain, probably made for the Dutch market, depicts Neptune, the God of the Sea, standing with his triton in the center of the design with a number of other figures to his left and right with three large fish or whales at his feet. The lower section of the design depicting the sea. The border of each piece with a repeating diaper design.
Dimensions: Saucer: 4 1/2 inches diameter x 3/4 inch high (11.53cm diameter x 1.91cm high); Cup: 2 3/4 inches diameter x 1 3/4 inches high (6.99cm diameter x 4.45cm high).
The design is after an etching called `The Realm of Neptune` by Frederick Bloemaert (c.1610-c.1669) completed between 1650-1656, after a drawing by his father Abraham Bloemaert (1566–1651).
This is a Baroque design which is only found in blue and white on Chinese porcelain, it occurs on fine grained porcelain and Chinese soft-paste porcelain. Both dinner services and tea services were produced.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a plate in their collection, Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Purchase, Winfield Foundation Gift, 1966 (Ass. # 66.27.5).
Reference:
Jorg states "The depiction of Neptune, the God of the Sea of classical mythology occurs in several varieties on Chine de Commande from the 1740`s onwards.
How well the design sold is illustrated by an order from 1778, when they sent a chocolate cup with this design as a model for similarly decorated plates. However, the Dutch merchants...
Category
1730s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century French Baroque Architectural Fragment
Located in High Point, NC
A wooden ornament made in 19th century France. The gold and cerulean blue paint has slowly worn away to create a pleasant collage of subtly color variations, including the natural hu...
Category
18th Century French Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique Map of the region of Lennep, Blankenburg and Dortmund, Germany
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Berge Ducatus Marck Comitatus'. Original antique map of the region of Lennep, Blankenburg and Dortmund, Germany. Published by Hondius, circa 1644.
Category
Mid-17th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pair of Late 18th Century Gold Wood and Gesso Baroque Altar Vases
Located in Hastings, GB
A pair of late 18th Century German baroque altar vases, in carved and gilded wood, small areas of gilt loss and patina as to be expected given their age. These would have been displa...
Category
1780s German Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
17th c. Hand Carved French Bishop Bust (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A 17th century carved wooden bishop sourced from a private chapel in Provence, France.
CREATOR Unknown. Provence, France.
DATE OF MANUFAC...
Category
17th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Vintage Golf Ball, the 'Why Not' Bramble Golf Ball.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
'WHY NOT' Bramble Golf Ball.
A bramble patterned rubber core golf ball manufactured by Henley's Telegraph Works Co., also known as the Henley's Tyre & Rubber Co. Ltd. London, England...
Category
1910s English Late Victorian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rubber
18th Century mahogany and brass telescope by Nairne & Blunt of London
Located in Martlesham, GB
18th Century mahogany and brass telescope by Nairne & Blunt of London, having a mahogany barrel with a thumb wheel to the side of the main barrel, supported on a solid brass tripod s...
Category
1780s British Georgian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Mahogany
Antique German Bisque Doll 971 A 2 M Armand Marseille, Ric#004
Located in Norton, MA
Beautiful Armand Marseille 14" bent knee baby in her factory original clothing and mohair wig. Her bisque socket head is good with no evidence of mish...
Category
1910s German Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Composition
18th Century French Oil on Canvas Painting " The Tenth Station of the Cross"
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall with this colorful religious antique painting. Created in France, circa 1780, the artwork is set in the original frame and depicts the "Tenth station of the cross " J...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED OUR LADY OF Sorrows 17th Cent. Indo-Portuguese Sculpture
Located in Madrid, ES
JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED OUR LADY OF Sorrows
17th Century
Indo-Portuguese Sculptures
in ivor...
Cross in rosewood wood with gilding. Plaque "INRI", and "Skull with bones" in ivor...
Di...
Category
17th Century Portuguese Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Religious icon depicting the prophet Aaron, second half 17th century
Located in DEVENTER, NL
Russian icon from an iconostasis depicting the prophet Aaron, second half 17th century
The prophet Aaron is here depicted with a twig of an almond tree.
We can find this symbol of ne...
Category
17th Century Russian Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood
Antique German Bisque Doll A & M Armand Marseille, Ric#006
Located in Norton, MA
An original Armand Marseille doll, with a Bisque head and hands. Her feet wear red socks. Beautiful blue glass-fixed eyes and her parted lips show her...
Category
1910s German Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Composition
Balsamarium shaped as a Bust of a Black Boy - Roman, 1st – 2nd Century AD
Located in Bruxelles, BE
Balsamarium shaped as a Bust of a Black Boy
Bronze, silver inlaid eyes and lips, Roman, 1st – 2nd Century AD
Provenance:
Private London Collection formed 1965-1975
H 10 cm (4 in...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Italian Classical Roman Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Antique Edwardian 9kt yellow gold twin sovereign case
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique Edwardian 9kt yellow gold twin sovereign case of plain polished form with push mechanism attached.
The bail was allowing the owner to secure the item with a chain attached to...
Category
1910s Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold
18th Century French Oil on Canvas Painting "Fourth Station of the Cross"
Located in Dallas, TX
Decorate a wall with this colorful religious antique painting. Created in France, circa 1780, the artwork is set in the original frame and depicts the "fourth station of the cross " ...
Category
Late 18th Century French Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas
Japanese cast bronze statue of a Bodhisattva, 1780-1800
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Cast bronze statue of a half draped figure of the standing Bodhisattva on a lotus plinth, with a removable flaming nimbus surrounding the head. The figure holds a lotus, the symbol o...
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Bronze
Antique Books - Pierre Bayle Dictionnaire, 3 Volumes, 1715
Located in Savannah, GA
Pierre Bayle's Dictionnaire Historique et Critique published in Rotterdam 1715, third edition.
Measured as stacked: 15 ¼ inches wide by 10 ¾ inches deep by 9 ½ inches tall; each boo...
Category
Early 18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
CAMDEN - The Historie of the Life & Death of Mary Stuart - SECOND EDITION - 1636
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
AUTHOR: CAMDEN, William.
TITLE: The Historie of the Life and Death of Mary Stuart Queene of Scotland.
PUBLISHER: London: by John Haviland, and are to be sold by William Sheares, 1...
Category
1630s British Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather
Antique Map of Africa with Mountain Ranges and other details
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte générale et Politique de l'Afrique'. Original antique map of Africa. Highlights numerous mountain ranges, lakes and rivers, regions, countries and places. P...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vintage Bramble Patterned Golf Ball
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Bramble Golf Ball.
A bramble patterned golf ball. The ball is named but is very difficult to read but appears to be 'The H..p…'. The ball is of classic bramble pattern with raised di...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Rubber
1918 George Eldridge Chart of Massachusetts Bay
Located in Norwell, MA
Rare early twentieth century chart of Cape Cod bay by George Eldridge showing Massachusetts Bay, and the coast from Chatham to Gloucester 1918. Signed George Eldridge.
This great ch...
Category
1910s North American Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Spanish Coin 1768 Antique Folding Pocket Knife In .916 Sterling Silver
Located in Miami, FL
A pocket knife with a Spanish Coin.
Beautiful antique pocket knife, created in Spain, back in the 1930'S. This pocket knife is very unusual since...
Category
1760s Spanish Art Deco Antique Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Sterling Silver, Steel
Antique Art Nouveau Barometer, Sheraton Inlaid Aneroid Barometer, Scotland, 1910
Located in Vancouver, BC
Antique Art Nouveau barometer, Sheraton inlaid aneroid barometer, Scotland 1910, H143
Scotland, 1910
Solid Walnut and veneer
The Walnut case is inlaid with exotic fruitwood
Porcelai...
Category
1910s Scottish Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Walnut
Antique and Vintage Collectibles and Curiosities for Sale
Antique and vintage collectibles and curiosities can bring whimsy and wonder to any interior.
Decorating with old scientific instruments, historical memorabilia and vintage musical instruments, as well as other authentic collectibles and curiosities that can be found on 1stDibs, presents an opportunity to create a unique, natural history museum-like atmosphere in your home that can provoke conversation as often as it pays tribute to how far we’ve come in understanding our world.
And bringing collectibles and curiosities into your space is actually on trend — Wunderkammern, or curiosity cabinets, were all the rage in Europe during the 1500s and continued to have adherents there and in the U.S. in the following centuries. Today, however, they’re experiencing a real surge in popularity and influencing how many interior designers are furnishing and decorating homes — combining contemporary with antique, scientific with tribal, earthly with extraterrestrial, Les Lalanne tables with Flemish tapestries.
The original Wunderkammern were entire rooms filled with objects demonstrating their owners’ worldly knowledge: A proper one included artificiala or preciosa (objets d’art); naturalia (such as skeletons, shells, minerals); exotica (taxidermy or dried plants); and scientifica (scientific instruments), frequently alongside religious relics and ancient artifacts.
Pay tribute to a history of rich and diverse musical traditions that have taken shape all over the world by decorating your home with a collection of antique and vintage musical instruments — with a little help from strong hanging wire or some wall hooks, vintage brass instruments such as a gong, French horn or trumpet can help elevate a home office or complement the efforts you’ve made to ensure a welcoming vibe in your home’s entryway. Bells or antique wind instruments can add provocative metallic contrasts to dark woods as tabletop decorative objects.
Create an intriguing focal point with Georgian scientific instruments, such as stick barometers with mahogany cases or lacquered brass telescopes. These items stem from an era named for the monarchies of the four King Georges, who ruled England in succession starting in 1714 (plus King William’s reign, which lasted until 1837). Just as there was beautiful jewelry produced during the period that today is coveted by collectors, there is much to be found in the collectibles and curiosities realm too.
Wanderlust, nostalgia and a shared love of good design are contributing factors to certain trends in decorating — just as vintage trunks and luggage have reappeared as furniture or home accents in a bedroom or foyer, decorating with globes, maps or nautical objects is similarly rooted in the allure of travel and a penchant for the stylish finishing touch that collectibles bring to our homes.
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